Rankings · Place

Highest homes permitted by state

Housing units authorised in the latest year.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

The raw count behind the rate above, for readers who want the absolute scale of building rather than its intensity. Covers privately-owned residential construction in permit-issuing places, which the Census puts at more than 99% of what gets built.

  1. 1Texas210,217
  2. 2Florida178,297
  3. 3California103,856
  4. 4North Carolina86,167
  5. 5Georgia61,196
  6. 6Arizona51,532
  7. 7South Carolina45,862
  8. 8Tennessee43,374
  9. 9New York38,667
  10. 10Washington34,913
  11. 11Colorado33,754
  12. 12Ohio33,640
  13. 13Virginia33,094
  14. 14Indiana29,076
  15. 15New Jersey27,661
  16. 16Utah26,775
  17. 17Pennsylvania25,709
  18. 18Wisconsin25,569
  19. 19Michigan22,940
  20. 20Minnesota20,947
  21. 21Alabama19,061
  22. 22Illinois18,551
  23. 23Nevada18,540
  24. 24Idaho17,944
  25. 25Missouri17,474
  26. 26Oklahoma15,513
  27. 27Arkansas15,492
  28. 28Kentucky14,940
  29. 29Oregon14,670
  30. 30Louisiana14,203
  31. 31Iowa13,664
  32. 32Maryland13,358
  33. 33Massachusetts12,477
  34. 34Nebraska10,596
  35. 35Kansas10,299
  36. 36Mississippi8,405
  37. 37Connecticut7,273
  38. 38Maine6,865
  39. 39Delaware6,468
  40. 40South Dakota5,305
  41. 41Montana5,258
  42. 42New Hampshire5,030
  43. 43New Mexico4,995
  44. 44West Virginia3,962
  45. 45Hawaii3,708
  46. 46North Dakota2,440
  47. 47Vermont2,294
  48. 48Wyoming2,238
  49. 49Rhode Island1,738
  50. 50District of Columbia1,591
  51. 51Alaska848
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey. · How this is built